Acquisition
SEWP's off: Power failure briefly shutters NASA's tech contract
A power failure at the main building housing NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contract vehicle has knocked out service for up to two days.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Feb. 25
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Digital Government
The Reason Conspiracy Videos Work So Well on YouTube
It’s the paranoid style, mutated for platform politics.
Digital Government
How Much Leisure Time Do the Happiest People Have?
Too little, and people tend to get stressed. Too much, and people tend to feel idle.
Digital Government
Why the Amazon Pushback Is Also About Immigrants
After the HQ2 cancellation in Queens, Amazon’s connections to federal immigration enforcement are drawing scrutiny and criticism in other cities, too.
Emerging Tech
Why Local Governments Aren’t All Aboard the Blockchain Train
From high costs of implementation to more pressing regulatory concerns, current barriers to entry make the technology difficult to implement.
Ideas
How the Government Plans to Modernize its Workforce
Cloud-based tools can help woo the next generation of public sector workers.
Artificial Intelligence
DARPA Wants AI to Tell You When It's Dumb
In high-stakes situations, you don’t want tech that doesn’t know what it’s doing.
Modernization
DHS Seeks Industry Input as It Goes All-in for Cloud
The agency is moving to the cloud at fast clip but it wants feedback to ensure its strategy is sound.
Digital Government
Previous Incumbent Protests NASA’s $2.9 Billion IT Support Contract
NASA’s main IT services contract has a new name and a new vendor, but the old vendor isn’t ready to bow out.
Modernization
Army eyes enterprise-as-a-service model
The Army is expected to announce its implementation plans for moving to enterprise-as-a-service model in March.
Cybersecurity
Warner pushes health care sector on cyber
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants to partner with the health care industry to develop a strategy for dealing with an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks over the past year.
Modernization
FCC wants to open up high bandwidth spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission wants to see if extremely high bandwidth spectrum can be tamed for use.
Cybersecurity
Senator Seeks Input on Health Care Cyber Strategy
A Virginia senator sent letters to health sector leaders for preliminary feedback on what a national strategy should entail.
Cybersecurity
Pompeo: Huawei deals threatens info-sharing with allies
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said countries that fail to heed warnings about Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei are putting their security and information-sharing relationships with the U.S. at risk.
Ideas
The Dangers of a Mandatory DNA Database
A controversy in Arizona is a portent of future public-policy fights.
Digital Government
FCW Insider: Feb. 22
The latest news, analysis and other updates from FCW's reporters and editors.
Modernization